PvilleStang

Wouldn't it be a bigger slap in the face to handle our business, then chant Big12 on the way out the door? Or F- Big 12? I'm game for that, and don't feel like I'll have regret the next morning.

I mean, realistically, we should play the videos on the jumbotron, trash the refs and the Big12 office, then if they threaten to sue, counter-sue stating collusion on the part of the conference office as we now have more proof than ever.

Probably in Austin. "Reason: transitioning to bike lane."

Also, if she's mad, tell her to, "calm down." Works like a charm.

Hopefully you're not dating the one on the left...

See, your old man was a tier 1 I'd bet, and seeing he's probably bound to a rule of 70, which he more than qualified for. 65 + 43 = 108, so he gets a ton of credit for going over his retirement age. According to their calculations: The newer generation jumps to highest 5 years of salaries, which is another turn-off for new teachers. Also, big difference is the normal retirement age. In earlier tiers, you can retire once you satisfy the rule of 80, but in Tier 5 you have to be at least 62 to qualify for normal retirement age, regardless if you've met rule of 80. So consider your dad here, he would be eligible to retire under normal circumstances at age 51 with roughly 67% of his highest three years, while if he were to started today, he'd need an additional 11 years of service (but would get a bump in his total percentage after the additional 11 years, bringing his total to 92% of his pay). The other irritating thing: legislature will tweak the newer tiers in ERS and TRS, changing the retirement requirements every few years until a new tier is released, and usually those tweaks mean less money in retirement, additional years of service, etc. Big reason I yanked my state pension after the better part of a decade working for the state.

Not bursting my bubble. I appreciate Kelly for what she's done in the last few years, being the voice of reason in a room full of idiots, but still doesn't mean she really needs to be in there. Anyone with half a brain could have pulled the story from the old site and summed it up in one commercial, and most her district would have burned her at the stake. Really don't understand why no political advisor for any the other candidates didn't do their homework. Fuentes, well, she hasn't missed an opportunity to make everything about her on social media. And continues to spit out vitriol about the legislature targeting her with the death star laws.

Did we not elect CamGirlFaith to office? Does Vanessa Fuentes not sit on the dais? How are those two hotels the city bought for homeless doing? How does this shit get funded by the community? https://www.austintexas.gov/department/equity/about We don't have cultural centers? https://www.austintexas.gov/department/museums-and-cultural-programs $81MM annually for homeless response efforts, for what CoA counts as 5K unhoused people in the city limits. $1.3MM guaranteed income, in partnership with UpTogether, an Oakland, CA, nonprofit... And APD budget might have increased, but they've eliminated so many head-count from their ranks, civilian and LEOs, eliminated too many departments due to Watson reneging on the 4 year APD contract. Part of the approval this year elimintated numerous civilian positions.

The new coalition includes the likes of Cam Girl Faith and Greg Casar 2.0. City Council cares more about the 5,000 homeless than it cares about all tax-paying Austinites. We're spending more money on homeless services, culture centers, public transit and DEI initiatives and completely tossing the side the bare minimums of what a city government needs to operate (policing, maintenance, 911 call centers, water, electric, etc).

Did they charge a mandatory 18% tip? seems those would be the additional optional tip amounts.

Consider TRS is basing your retirement on a percentage of your highest 5 years, and usually it's a low percentage unless you work well past your minimum retirement age. You retire, and have ZERO additional income if you don't contribute to SS or a 401K, which is difficult when you're earning enough to live paycheck to paycheck as a teacher. SS is a good way to ensure they fill the gap between 70% of their income from the pension and their necessary income during retirement. You really want to feel how crappy it is, look at TRS's tiers (https://www.trs.texas.gov/TRS Documents/benefits-tier-guide.pdf). It's a slap in the face, because a generation ago gets a lot more benefits than today's generation. Same problem with ERS. Watching people in their early 50s retire with full benefits all the while knowing since you joined 20 years later, you'll be working at least to 63, if not 68, to enjoy 90% of what they're getting a decade earlier.

Justification, justification is on her neck...

It's not indexing 24/7, so it's a start.

I deal with these on a weekly basis, and definitely have my favorites. This one is a banger (compared to most). I find the worst products / support departments have the best / calmest on-hold music, their way of de-escalating pissed off customers. I still loved my buddy's setup, where he just had an old boombox in the back room with KVET plugged into the MOH port on his phone system, worked like a charm.

Seems like the way crap goes in this town. Mediocre station gets popular, gets really popular, then turns into a Latino station. Happened a lot during my HS and college years. And all the Latino stations out of San Antonio bleed over the good stations here in Austin. Half of Bob Cole's stations were overpowered by San Antonio stations.

And USB-A. Try one way, WRONG, then the next WRONG, go back to the first way, OH, now you want to fit...

Then he became so disgruntled, he would throw rocks at cars on I-35 hoping you were in one of those cars. And diddled boys in his free time. I'm placing the blame on you for this one...

Deleting and tuning the F250 was a great decision, but I feel bad for some of the tuners now. Saw EPA is nailing them with 8 figure fines. And yes, my MPG improved 1-2 MPGs just removing the DPF. Wasn't going to do the EGR or CAT deletes, as there was just way too much investment at the time. Also, I wasn't going for the black, prius repellant, rather I was trying to avoid the nasty regen that was occurring almost every day on the way to work. I always find it interesting how it cost $5000 for a new DPF setup, like $2000 to have the existing one dipped / pickled, or $900 to get a pipe and tune for the truck. Which one are YOU gonna pick?

"There, he stood 8 hours in the cold aisle staring at the blinking lights on the front of the server, rebooted it, and walked away. He felt this time was better spend in the data center rather than in a Texas heatwave." /Morgan Freeman

Time to recapture this thread, huh?

There are only two PUBLIC boat ramps on Austin, but numerous more private ramps, and only the public ramps have no-wake zones, while the private ramps are the wild west. Apache Shores, Quinlan Park, Steiner Ranch, Lake Hills, Emma Long... lots of ramps not names Walsh Landing or 360 that are not protected. 360 bridge area is a No Wake zone, but no one respects it. Granted, it was kinda just put there after one of the Dell Match Plays and they never removed it, which is really irritating if you're trying to make it from Hula Hut to Ski Shores in a timely manner.

https://brazos.org/About-Us/News/Current-News/ArticleID/2073#:~:text=Per Texas law%2C it is unlawful for anyone to%3A&text=Operate a personal watercraft and,vessel recklessly or unnecessarily close.&text=Operate so as to cause a hazardous wake or wash.&text=Operate within designated "no wake,creating a swell or wake. It's Texas Law Per Texas law, it is unlawful for anyone to: • Operate a personal watercraft and jump the wake of another vessel recklessly or unnecessarily close. • Operate so as to cause a hazardous wake or wash. • Operate within designated "no wake" areas except at headway speed without creating a swell or wake. EDIT: https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/boating/operation-of-your-boat Again, hazardous wake or wash is a judgement call, but when you cause damage to another boat or property due to your wake, that, in my eyes, is the epitome of dangerous wake.

Not saying the boat should be illegal, but over-ballasting and throwing a 6' wake behind your boat on a crowded summer weekend is dickish and should be illegal. Creating issues for lakefront properties, other boaters so you can blast crappy music and surf behind your boat for 50 feet before you fall and have to get picked up... Lake Austin doesn't have the big boys running around, just a bunch of surf boats making it damn near impossible to enjoy the lake on any other boats. And when your wake is nailing boats loading on a trailer or a boat hoisted out of the water, then 🖕...